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VOL. IX.] 



MARCH, 1886. 



[No. 3. 



ROSE PERLE 



This beautiful rose, of which we pre- 

 sent our readers with a colored illustra- 

 tion, belongs to the class of Tea roses. 

 The late Hy. B. Ellwanger, in his most 

 instructive and valuable work entitled 

 •The Rose," says of this class that it 

 • may well be taken as a synonym for 

 all that is delicately beautiful. What 

 refinement of color, what subdued, yet 

 powerful, fragrance do they possess. 

 They are indeed the centre of loveliness ; 

 like fair maids at a reception surround- 

 ed by admiring groups, these lend 

 beauty to the others, which may well 

 strive to find a near approach to their 

 sweet presence, that perchance they 

 may receive a smile and borrow beauty, 

 diffused from their chaste loveliness." 



The Tea roses combine delicate col- 

 oring and a most agreeable perfume 

 with continuous flowering. For these 

 reasons they are the favorite class with 

 many who, having "beautiful roses in 

 their hearts," will give them the care 

 which in our climate their tenderness 

 makes imperative. Nor is this care 

 of such a diflScult or laborious nature 

 as to be at all discouraging to an earn- 

 est soul. They need to be planted 

 where they will be sheltered from the 

 sweep of bleak winds, and can catch 



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the first rays of the morning sun ; away 

 from under the shadow of overhanging 

 trees or high buildings, yet where 

 groups of shrubbery and the resistance 

 of fences and buildings break the force 

 of gales, taming their fury into gentle- 

 ness. And then, when come the days 

 of sere and yellow leaf, when our maples 

 have put on their scarlet robes and the 

 beech her russet gown, then the Tea 

 roses must be carefully housed and 

 stored where they shall be safe from 

 fear of frosty weather. 



The Perle de Jardins is one of those 

 tea roses which possesses many excel- 

 lent qualities. It has a very healthy 

 constitution, which enables it to adapt 

 itself to a variety of circumstances, so 

 that it is found both among those which 

 are recommended for bedding out, 

 and those for forcing under glass. A 

 rose in order to be desirable for bedding 

 out, should be a free bloomer, of healthy 

 habit, and possessing a pure and stead- 

 fast color of bloom ; and for forcing it 

 should add to these qualities symmetry of 

 form, fragrance and high finish of flower. 

 All these qualities are found in this 

 variety to such a degree that it is called 

 by our best authorities a superb rose for 

 forcing, and fine also in the open air. 



